Eastar headed for the training yard and roamed around the spearman's area, when a thunder-like laugh startled him, he turned his head to search for the sound as a clash of weapons made an even louder noise, and he jumped. back.
The Wild Twins struggled with their huge golden hammers. The sight was scary. Remus saw the boy and waved, smiling. Relles hit him hard in the chest, knocking his brother to the floor. The two laughed, the and stelar decided not disturb and follow your way.
In the grassy area, near the hedge, he saw some people already practicing with their spears. A black woman with a short and messy hair struggled with a couple who lunged furiously at her. Neither of them had the slightest success, she dodged the thrusts lightly as she spun her spear to hit the flanks of her opponents. She seemed to dance as moved, and that piqued Eastar's curiosity.
He watch that the struggle for a few minutes to understand the movement of the woman. Look for analyze her balance and how she attack. It was much more complex than the sword, where you could stop a movement in the middle and change it to suit your opponent. With the spear the movement needed to be fluid and continuous.
The sirion bent, spun the spear on his back and hit the legs of her two opponents, who fell on they back. Taking advantage of the pause for the spearmen to get up, Eastar began to clap and approached.
— What an amazing fight!
The couple rose and looked at him. The woman with the short hair, pasted on the forehead with sweat, turned.
— You must be the star boy. My name is Allyn, I'm the direct assistant of lieutenant Edwin.
The boy saw that she had eyes as black as space itself and that somehow they emitted light, a gray and icy light.
— Ah, hi! — He frowned at the "star boy", but confirmed with a shy smile. — Yes it's me. My name is Eastar. I thought I was going to train with Edwin now. Is he here?
— The lieutenant Edwin — She stressed the man's patent. — will arrive shortly. — As she said that, a small smile appeared on her face, and the rest of the nearby soldiers, including the couple, began to laugh. — You can watch us for now if you want. Maybe that helps a little, you'll need it.
— Already did that. Anyway, I'll wait here. Can I borrow a spear?
Allyn nodded her head and went to the hedge, which had supported spears. Chose a simple, completely red, with the thin blade, turned it in her hands and, after approving the weapon, threw it at Eastar, who picked it up.
— That one should filt. It's made of dust, so we won't risk you smashing it.
— Thanks ... I think. — The young stellar gave another yellow smile.
The woman nodded at him and turned to the newly dropped couple, telling them to approach.
The fight resumed and, after some observation, the young man decided to test the spear. Notice that Sean and Drun were approaching the training area, they sat leaning against the hedge and pretended to pay attention to Allyn, Eastar but knew they were there to watch your workout. Decided to ignore them for now, he needed to get used to that weapon.
He revolve the spear in both hands, made the movement faster and faster, and a slight humming began to reach his ears, he smiled and tried to spin even faster as he raised it over his head, at which moment the spear slipped from one of his hands and hit him hard in the left arm.
— Outch! Damn it...
He dropped the weapon down, cursed and scrub the arm in place of the blow, then suspire and take it back. This time, he made light and careful movements. Turn the body and ran the spear over his head as moved the feets. He stopped quickly, his spear pointed forward.
He felt eyes watching him and realized that , besides the young fans, Allyn was following him out of the corner of her eye as she struggled, still, none of her attackers could press her too hard. Her gaze made him uncomfortable and he decided to turn to the other side.
He continued his movements more carefully, testing the spear, moving forward and thrusting, backing and turning until he sat on the floor. He could not do anything else before the lieutenant got there.
It was taking too long and he restlessly turned his head up and began to push up. First on both hands, then balanced on one, this was an interesting exercise he had discovered during his first day of training, the gravity on his body, pushing him to the ground, causing him to train his balance beyond give him resistance. He just hope that the lieutenant to arive before he get hurt... again.